Playa del Carmen´s history...

Playa del Carmen´s history...

  23/ AGO/ 2019

Centuries ago, in Playa del Carmen, PLAYA as the inhabitants call them, the Maya settled down as in the rest of the country. His Mayan name was Xaman-Ha, which comes to say that it was a place where the water of Xaman (a god) emerged
 
It was also the place from which the Maya left for Cozumel.
 
After the discovery, Playa del Carmen became a municipality of seafaring tradition, there were many fishermen who settled in this region, and in fact, until well into the twentieth century, Playa del Carmen was a fishing village of no more of 2000 inhabitants. It is there when he began his tourist transformation to become one of the most important places in this sense of the country.
 

 

Puerto del Carmen has suffered an incredible metamorphosis in the history of its last years, hotels, apartments, chalets ... all this has proliferated in recent years as a result of tourism development around incredible historical places, such as Mayan ruins, or natural paradises that make This place a very complete and exciting destination for all who come to visit it!